Dead PowerBook
Hi guys,
my Pismo won't start up. I get four beeps at startup, which the knowledge base says is caused by "no good boot images in the boot ROM (and/or bad sys config block)"
I take it that this is bad, however I can't get Apple to tell me how bad. Basically they say I should go to my local Apple dealer, except my local dealer has gone out of business and there aren't any others nearby (I'm in the UK).
I asked Apple how much it would be to fix if they were to send a courier. They said that it may be the logic board needs replacing and it would be £300 just to look at it, with a replacement logic board costing extra (he wouldn't say how much).
I had the logic board replaced a couple of years ago, it cost £400!
So I'm looking at a possible £700 repair for a machine that is only worth about £400 on ebay.
What do I do? Does anyone else have experience of getting this problem fixed in the UK who might be able to tell me what the actual cost will be?
my Pismo won't start up. I get four beeps at startup, which the knowledge base says is caused by "no good boot images in the boot ROM (and/or bad sys config block)"
I take it that this is bad, however I can't get Apple to tell me how bad. Basically they say I should go to my local Apple dealer, except my local dealer has gone out of business and there aren't any others nearby (I'm in the UK).
I asked Apple how much it would be to fix if they were to send a courier. They said that it may be the logic board needs replacing and it would be £300 just to look at it, with a replacement logic board costing extra (he wouldn't say how much).
I had the logic board replaced a couple of years ago, it cost £400!
So I'm looking at a possible £700 repair for a machine that is only worth about £400 on ebay.
What do I do? Does anyone else have experience of getting this problem fixed in the UK who might be able to tell me what the actual cost will be?